If you are not reviewing your website statistics, then you are missing several key opportunities to profit from your website traffic. This course, aimed at non-technical users, will take you through all the key techniques and how to use website analytics using the world-standard Google Analytics, a free online tool.
You’ll understand your visitor traffic better, learn how to calculate return on investment (ROI) for your online advertising, and find out how to get more conversions and sales from your website visitors. A must for anyone serious about leveraging more success from their website.

Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun.

How the Course Works

It is easy to participate in your online course. After you register, you will be given a web address to go to get into your online classroom. You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access.

Once inside the online classroom, here’s what you can expect.

Participate when you want

You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate.
For the best learning, participants should log into the course on 2-3 different days of the week.

What you will do

For each Unit, you will:

Read the print readings

Listen to the audio presentation for the Unit and view the slides

Take the self-quizzes to see how much you have learned

Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants

For best learning, you should make one or more comments at 2-3 different times each week.
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead, or go back and review again, at your convenience.

Next offering(s):

Google +
April 2 -
27
June 4 -
29
August 6 -
31
November 5 -
30

Google Analytics
April 2 -
27
June 4 -
29
September 4 -
28

Google Apps for Business
May 7 -
June 1
July 2 -
27
October 1 -
26

Certificate Price: $495.00 USD

$195 USD

Ave. hours 16, 1.6 CEUs/ILUs

About Your Instructors

Dan Belhassen is an expert in eMarketing. He does writing, training, and consulting all over North America on the topic.
He is founder of Modern Earth, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Modern Earth does a range of eMarketing for its clients, including email promotions, web site development, search engine optimization, and online advertising.
Dan spends about 3 hours a day researching eMarketing and is a popular instructor on the topic.

Susan Hurrell is an Online Marketing specialist with Modern Earth, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She helps clients know how to connect web viewers to the products, services or information they are searching for. PPC or Facebook ads, search engine optimization and dynamic sell-copy creation are her specialties to help websites deliver measurable results in viewer conversion, and increase traffic.

What some students say:

"Thanks so much for your guidance through this course. You did an excellent job as an instructor. Your level of involvement really made the course the success that it was."

Course Objectives

- To provide an understanding of the importance of website statistics
- To highlight opportunities to increase ROI through understanding visitor traffic and experience
- To provide steps for installing Google Analytics to your website
- To learn the basics of search engine optimization
- To provide steps for creating goals and tracking funnels
- To provide steps for creating and using campaign and ecommerce tracking.

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course you will:
- Understand the importance of website statistics.
- Know how to increase website ROI
- Understand how to install Google Analytics
- Know the basics of search engine optimization
- Understand how to create goals and tracking funnels